Title :
The reduction of laser damage resistance of optical coatings to subpicosecond pulse trains under vacuum
Author :
Nguyen, Duy N. ; Emmert, Luke A. ; Rudolph, Wolfgang ; Patel, Dinesh ; Menoni, Carmen S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Optical multilayer materials HfO2 and SiO2 exhibit subpicosecond laser damage thresholds of just 10% of their intrinsic value when tested in vacuum. A few Torr of water vapor is shown to remedy this effect.
Keywords :
hafnium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical multilayers; silicon compounds; HfO2; SiO2; laser damage resistance; optical coatings; optical multilayer materials; subpicosecond pulse trains; Coatings; Laser beams; Laser modes; Morphology; Optical films; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
